A. Hager and R. Ward to Receive Awards

Tim Perutz Receives a NSF Career Award

April 1 , 2015

Tim Perutz has been awarded a National Science Foundation Career award.
Congratulations to Tim on this recognition.

Bjorn Engquist has been awarded the ICIAM Pioneer Prize

March 17 , 2015

Bjorn Engquist has been awarded the ICIAM Pioneer Prize
for his fundamental
contributions in the field of applied mathematics, numerical analysis
and scientific computing, which have had long-lasting impact in the
field as well as successful applications in science, engineering and
industry.
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Luis Caffarelli has been elected to the Spanish Academy of Sciences

March 09 , 2015

Congratulations to Luis on another honor to recognize his distinguished
career.
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G. Cepparo, A. Hager and R. Heitmann to Receive Teaching Awards

March 10 , 2015

Gustavo Cepparo and Amanda Hager have been selected to receive 2015
College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.
Ray Heitmann is this years recipient of the departmental John Durbin
Teaching Award. Congratulations to Gustavo, Amanda and Ray!

Kui Ren was awarded the MediaV Young Researcher Award

Kui Ren was awarded the MediaV Young Researcher Award
at the International Conference on Inverse Problems and Related
Topics, 2014 in Tapei.

This prize is awarded to scientists who are 40 years old or less and
who have made important contributions to the field of inverse problems.
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Caffarelli was awarded the Career Research Excellence Award

October 16 , 2014

Luis Caffarelli was awarded
the Career Research Excellence award given by the University Co-op.
This award is given to a faculty member or staff researcher who has
maintained a superior research program across many years.

Dan Freed receives The London Math. Soc. Senior Berwick Prize

July 11 , 2014

Dan Freed, together with his collaborators Mike Hopkins and
Constantin Teleman have been awarded the London Mathematical Society Senior
Berwick Prize. This is in recognition of their paper:
Loop groups and twisted K-theory,
Journal of Topology, 4 (2011).
The announcment can be viewed here.

In addition, the Simon's Foundation announced that Dan will receive one of
the 2014 Simons Fellowships. The complete list is available
here.

Jane Arledge to receive Regent's Outstanding Teaching Award

June 18 , 2014

Jane Arledge has
been selected to receive a 2014 Regent's Outstanding Teaching Award. Only
a few faculty members from across the UT System are given this
prestgious award.

Mike Starbird has received an honorary degree

May 27 , 2014

Mike Starbird has received an
honorary Doctor of Science degree from Pomona College.Further details
can be found here.

Kui Ren has received a Moncrief Award

May 6 , 2014

Kui Ren has received one of
the four ICES' 2014 W. A. "Tex" Moncrief Grand Challenge Awards.
Further details can be found
here.

Inderjit Dhillon has been named a 2014 SIAM fellow

April 22 , 2014

Inderjit Dhillon who holds a courtesy appointment
in the Department of Mathematics has been selected as a 2014
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Ciperiani wins a NSF CAREER award

ACM award for Francois Baccelli

April 14 , 2014

Francois Baccelli has been awarded the 2014 ACM
SIGMETRICS Achievement Award, for his "fundamental contributions to
stochastic geometry and to discrete-event dynamic system theory for
the analysis of computer/communication systems".

Irene Gamba to give 2014 Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture

January 23, 2014

Professor Irene Gamba has been invited by the Association for Women in
Mathematics and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
to be the 2014
Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. The Kovalevsky Lectures
honor women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to
applied or computational mathematics.

Irene will deliver the lecture at the 2014 SIAM Annual Meeting in Chicago
in July 2014.

Caffarelli awarded Steele Prize

Figalli and Zariphopoulou to speak ICM 2014

September 5 , 2013

Two of our faculty members, Alessio Figalli and Thaleia Zariphopoulou
have been invited to speak at ICM 2014, in the
sections on Analysis and Applications and Mathematics in Science and
Technology respectively.

Prof. Caffarelli received a Solomon Lefschetz medal

Aug 6, 2013

This morning Prof. Caffarelli received the Solomon Lefschetz medal at
the Mathematical Congress of the Americas.

Two Solomon Lefschetz Medals have been awarded to mathematicians in
recognition of the excellence in their research and the relevant
contributions done for the development of mathematics in the Americas.

Jane Arledge to Receive Teaching Fellowship

June 17 , 2012

Dr. Jane Arledge has been selected to
hold a Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship
for the 2013-14 Fall semester. The award is the latest
recognition of Jane's teaching excellence and commitment to students.

Caffarelli to Receive Honorary Degree from University of Chicago

May 16, 2013

Luis A. Caffarelli, a universally acclaimed forefront authority on nonlinear elliptic PDEs,
will receive a Doctor of Science honorary degree from University of Chicago at its 515th
Convocation on Saturday, June 15.

Tsai is awarded a Simons Fellowship

May 7, 2013

Richard Tsai is awarded a 2013 Simons Fellowship
from the Simons Foundation who made the announcement in the New York Times
yesterday. Richard will receive compensation for a full year of
academic leave to focus solely on research.

Rachel Ward

Efraim P. Armendariz

Feb 21 , 2013

It is with great sadness that the department announces the passing of
Professor Efraim Armendariz. Efraim died on Wednesday 13th February after
a battle with cancer. Efraim had been with the department since 1966
and was Chairman from 1991--2007. Under his leadership the department's
stature rose nationally and internationally.

In his time in the department, Efraim was
heavily involved in programs to enrich the mathematics experience
for undergraduates at UT, as well as programs that impacted mathematics
education state wide. For example,
Efraim was instrumental in establishing the
Emerging Scholars Program at the University of Texas,
and he was an active supporter and participant of the UTeach program.

He will be sorely missed by his colleagues in the department,
and in the larger University community.

A celebration of Efraim's life will be held on Saturday, February 23,
10am at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3003 Northland Dr. Austin, TX
78757

Ted Odell

Jan 24 , 2013

It is with great sadness that the department announces the passing
of Professor Ted Odell who died suddenly on January 9th 2013.
Ted had been with
the Department of Mathematics since 1977, and since 2005 held the
John T. Stuart III Centennial Professorship of Mathematics.
He was also the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies.

On Saturday January 19th, an event, "The Celebration of The Life of Ted Odell"
was held in Room MAI 212 of the Main Building of the U.T. campus. Speeches
to a packed room were given by a family member,
colleagues in the department and two of Ted's co-authors. It was
also announced that Ted's family has generously started a
"The Ted Odell Excellence Fund in Mathematics."

His death leaves a huge void in the department, and he will be sorely
missed by his colleagues there and in the
larger University community.

Dr. Jane Arledge has been selected to receive the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award for the 2011-2012
academic year.

The award recognizes the consistent level of excellence Dr. Arledge has achieved in teaching
undergraduate students.

21 Faculty Named 2013 Fellows

Nov 7 , 2012

The inaugural class of Fellows were announced November 1, 2012. Twenty one of our faculty
members are honored.

The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made
outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization
of mathematics.

UT Math has been awarded a RTG Grant in Geometry and Topology

Sept 4 , 2012

Thirteen faculty members in Geometry/Topology has been awarded a new, highly competitive, RTG
grant from the NSF. Over a five year span, this award will provide $2.5M
to enhance the training of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers in
Geometry and Topology.

Uhlenbeck received an honorary degree from Princeton University

July 2 , 2012

Karen Uhlenbeck received an honorary doctorate of science from Princeton University during
their spring commencement ceremonies. The honor recognized her leadership in mathematical physics
and partial differential equations, particularly gauge theory and global analysis; and for her
invaluable achievements in mentoring young mathematicians.

Caffarelli received an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame

June 13 , 2012

Luis Caffarelli received an honorary doctorate of science from the University of Notre Dame during
their spring commencement ceremonies. The honor recognized his leadership in the field of partial
differential equations and their applications.

Richard Tsai to Receive a Moncrief Award

François Baccelli to Join UT Math

Apr 6 , 2012

The Department of Mathematics is proud to announce that François
Baccelli has accepted the Simons Chair in Mathematics and Electrical and
Computer Engineering.
An announcement of the recipients of the 2011 competition Math+X:
Encouraging Interactions Program can be found at
The Simons Foundation website.